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Tue, 10.31.1905

A Black Man Receives a Patent for a Vehicle Dash

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*On this date in 1905, a Black man received a patent for an automobile vehicle dash. The patent number was #803,356

Charles Patterson, a 19th-century carriage (the car) company entrepreneur, was the inventor. 

New Poem Each Day

Poetry Corner

Skylark, have you anything to say to me, Won't you tell me where my love can be? Is there a meadow in the midst Where someone's waiting to be kissed? Skylark, have you... SKYLARK by Billy Eckstine.
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